Hii,

Rote learning is basically trying to remember any information by repetition. CA aspirant usually do this because the syllabus is too much and they have to go through multiple tests but if you want to be a CA then all you have to do is read books related to ICAI material and some standard books also, understand the concepts, do a lot of revision, preparing and amending your notes, learn to develop professional language and presentation style in exams and a lot of written practice is also required. It won't affect you if you don't do rote learning. If you in mathematics and reasoning and acquiring great deal of information then you can definitely crack this exam in one or two attempts.

Hope this helps.

All the best!!